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EbonTitanium
10/10/18 12:22:16 PM
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Anya Chalotra looks mixed.
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pinky0926
10/10/18 12:22:20 PM
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DuranOfForcena posted...
yeah, maybe because of all the ignorance and trolling in this thread, calling people "racist" and "impotent nerds" because they aren't okay with the prospect of characters' races being changed for no justifiable reason


Were you this mad when it was announced that Geralt was going to be played by a British man and not an actual Witcher from the Northern Realms
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ThyCorndog
10/10/18 12:22:40 PM
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Turtlebread posted...
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Letho is black

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MC_BatCommander
10/10/18 12:22:59 PM
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DuranOfForcena posted...
MC_BatCommander posted...
lmao, all that nerd rage over a rumor that didn't even end up being true

it wasn't a rumor. the casting call was legitimate. it was a real casting call.


did they send out another casting call after that was for white chicks or something
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pinky0926
10/10/18 12:23:25 PM
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DuranOfForcena posted...
pinky0926 posted...
DuranOfForcena posted...
yeah, maybe because of all the ignorance and trolling in this thread, calling people "racist" and "impotent nerds" because they aren't okay with the prospect of characters' races being changed for no justifiable reason


Were you this mad when it was announced that Geralt was going to be played by a British man and not an actual Witcher from the Northern Realms as is the actual race of the character

were you this mad when you realized that you're a fucking joke and no one is ever going to take anything you say or do seriously


lmao

talk about a meltdown

why are you so shirty dude, it's a tv adaption of a fantasy game
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CyricZ
10/10/18 12:23:36 PM
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DuranOfForcena posted...
were you this mad when you realized that you're a fucking joke and no one is ever going to take anything you say or do seriously

Aww, someone mad.
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Heineken14
10/10/18 12:23:44 PM
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But, I heard the entire cast was going to be black and it was literally the worst thing of all time.
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CyricZ
10/10/18 12:24:26 PM
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RedWhiteBlue posted...
having an all white cast represents the authenticity of the material

Reminder: This is not about having an all-white cast. This is about the response to the possibility of it NOT being an all-white cast.
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Freddie_Mercury
10/10/18 12:24:42 PM
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DuranOfForcena posted...
Bio1590 posted...
"I'm not mad!"

>proceeds to have a meltdown

Some people never change lmfao

who and what is this in response to

DuranOfForcena posted...
pinky0926 posted...
DuranOfForcena posted...
yeah, maybe because of all the ignorance and trolling in this thread, calling people "racist" and "impotent nerds" because they aren't okay with the prospect of characters' races being changed for no justifiable reason


Were you this mad when it was announced that Geralt was going to be played by a British man and not an actual Witcher from the Northern Realms as is the actual race of the character

were you this mad when you realized that you're a fucking joke and no one is ever going to take anything you say or do seriously



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prince_leo
10/10/18 12:25:48 PM
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pinky0926 posted...
True actually. There's plenty of dwarf and elven racism in the game. They wouldn't be able to ignore it.

on the other hand, maybe intra-species racism becomes nonexistent in a world where there are other species. like, even a Klansman would pick a black guy over an Elf kinda thing?
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pinky0926
10/10/18 12:25:48 PM
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DuranOfForcena posted...
pinky0926 posted...
DuranOfForcena posted...
i'm not gonna my time explaining it to you, since you already have your ignorant mind made up


Do you know what ignorant means?

yeah. do you?


It certainly doesn't mean "being incredible angry about a character detail that's not really important"
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creativerealms
10/10/18 12:26:37 PM
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Lol. All that worrying and doom and gloom over nothing.
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pinky0926
10/10/18 12:28:09 PM
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DuranOfForcena posted...
pinky0926 posted...
It certainly doesn't mean "being incredible angry about a character detail that's not really important"

"not really important", eh? oh, so you have absolutely no fucking idea what you are talking about, and are just talking out of your ass. thanks for so willingly clarifying that.


What's important about it
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CyricZ
10/10/18 12:30:09 PM
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Duran, I oughtta introduce you to the guys in the topic arguing with me that a rape scene is fine in fiction because "it's fiction and it doesn't matter". I feel you all could learn something from each other.
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thelovefist
10/10/18 12:32:14 PM
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I don't understand why Duran is having a meltdown
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pinky0926
10/10/18 12:35:09 PM
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thelovefist posted...
I don't understand why Duran is having a meltdown


He's very, very very angry that it was going to be possible that a fictional character from a fictional universe where skin colour is barely remarked on was not pictured exactly how he imagined her to be. But there's a very good reason for that and it's absolutely nothing to do with race. It's just important that she wasn't black. But it's not about race.

Why it's important he won't say, because it would be a waste of time to justify to ignorant people.
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The_Ivory_Man
10/10/18 12:35:19 PM
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Remember as seen with Hellboy

Race changing one way is cool

Race changing another way is bad.
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X-Pac_Heat
10/10/18 12:35:44 PM
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DuranOfForcena posted...
thelovefist posted...
I don't understand why Duran is having a meltdown

maybe because i and people who share my viewpoint are being called "racist" and "impotent nerds" simply because we don't want to see a character's race changed from white to nonwhite for no justfiable reason


Honestly I've just learned to ignore them

9 times put of 10 they don't even have an interest in the property.
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Bio1590
10/10/18 12:35:58 PM
#78:


EbonTitanium posted...
Anya Chalotra looks mixed.

I think she's half or part Indian?
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pinky0926
10/10/18 12:36:15 PM
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DuranOfForcena posted...
thelovefist posted...
I don't understand why Duran is having a meltdown

maybe because i and people who share my viewpoint are being called "racist" and "impotent nerds" simply because we don't want to see a character's race changed from white to nonwhite for no justfiable reason


Were you mad Geralt was changed to a british actor

Surely you must be spittling with rage since that casting call has already confirmed and as you rightly say this anger has nothing to do with race, it's about integrity to the finest details of the canon
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Bio1590
10/10/18 12:36:35 PM
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pinky0926 posted...
thelovefist posted...
I don't understand why Duran is having a meltdown


He's very, very very angry that it was going to be possible that a fictional character from a fictional universe where skin colour is barely remarked on was not pictured exactly how he imagined her to be. But there's a very good reason for that and it's absolutely nothing to do with race. It's just important that she wasn't black. But it's not about race.

Why it's important he won't say, because it would be a waste of time to justify to ignorant people.

He's ALWAYS been like this.
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CyricZ
10/10/18 12:36:59 PM
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DuranOfForcena posted...
there shouldn't be any limit to what someone should be able to portray in a work of fiction

Ah, so you ARE okay with a black Ciri. Gotcha.
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pinky0926
10/10/18 12:37:59 PM
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lol
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SuperMedz3
10/10/18 12:38:29 PM
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Did you just assume their race?
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HiddenLurker
10/10/18 12:38:35 PM
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pinky0926 posted...
RebelElite791 posted...
pinky0926 posted...
Putting aside all preconceptions of how a character looked canonically, was there any actual reason a hypothetical black yennefer would have been a problem? Just trying to gauge what level of impotent nerd rage went on here

Black Ciri was the conspiracy theory

Theyd have to make Emhyr (her dad) black but idk why they couldnt have done that. So some story reasons but mostly just impotent nerd rage.

Also something something erasing Polish culture blah blah


Ah yes I always forget about the Nilfgaardian sect of Polish history

So you don't see the problem with casting the main antagonist army as black?
While the protagonist are as white as rice?
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CyricZ
10/10/18 12:38:37 PM
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DuranOfForcena posted...
CyricZ posted...
DuranOfForcena posted...
there shouldn't be any limit to what someone should be able to portray in a work of fiction

Ah, so you ARE okay with a black Ciri. Gotcha.

cute

Adorable, even. ~_^
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X-Pac_Heat
10/10/18 12:39:57 PM
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Imagine being so dense that you can't understand wanting the character in the show to look like the character from everything else.
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pinky0926
10/10/18 12:41:21 PM
#90:


HiddenLurker posted...
So you don't see the problem with casting the main antagonist army as black?
While the protagonist are as white as rice?


Man I'm actually not invested at all in what colour the characters in this world are, real-world race problems don't exactly come into it

I'm just kinda amused at how vitriolic the reaction has ben that's all.
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Ivynn
10/10/18 12:42:40 PM
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ThyCorndog posted...
Turtlebread posted...
SSJGrimReaper posted...
Letho is black

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thelovefist
10/10/18 12:42:43 PM
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Duran has gone fully nuclear ITT
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HiddenLurker
10/10/18 12:42:59 PM
#93:


pinky0926 posted...
HiddenLurker posted...
So you don't see the problem with casting the main antagonist army as black?
While the protagonist are as white as rice?


Man I'm actually not invested at all in what colour the characters in this world are, real-world race problems don't exactly come into it

I'm just kinda amused at how vitriolic the reaction has ben that's all.

You may not but SJW's and liberals care alot.
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creativerealms
10/10/18 12:43:09 PM
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DuranOfForcena posted...
creativerealms posted...
Lol. All that worrying and doom and gloom over nothing.

again, the casting call was real and legitimate. the showrunner had the actual intention of considering only nonwhite actresses in casting Ciri. if there was no "doom and gloom", then that ridiculous intention would not have been backpedaled on.

Yeah the casting was open for minorities. Any proof they backpedaled and didn't just go with the best choice?

Sorry it WAS people complaining over nothing especially given the results. But if you want to pretend it was a victory more power to you.

Lol.
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Nomadic View
10/10/18 12:43:23 PM
#95:


ThyCorndog posted...
definitely would've made calling nilfgaardian's "black ones" a bit awkward tho


Yeah, thats what I thought too. Though if they did go their original route they probably just wouldnt use that term.
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creativerealms
10/10/18 12:44:23 PM
#96:


HiddenLurker posted...
pinky0926 posted...
HiddenLurker posted...
So you don't see the problem with casting the main antagonist army as black?
While the protagonist are as white as rice?


Man I'm actually not invested at all in what colour the characters in this world are, real-world race problems don't exactly come into it

I'm just kinda amused at how vitriolic the reaction has ben that's all.

You may not but SJW's and liberals care alot.

It wasn't SJWs who had a hissy fit over the potential casting.
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thelovefist
10/10/18 12:46:00 PM
#99:


DuranOfForcena posted...
pinky0926 posted...
real-world race problems don't exactly come into it

exactly why characters' races shouldn't be changed just to push the bullshit US identity politics narrative that has nothing to do with the source material

Yeah ok, but that didn't happen...

You're literally having a meltdown over something that never happened.
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X-Pac_Heat
10/10/18 12:46:11 PM
#100:


creativerealms posted...
HiddenLurker posted...
pinky0926 posted...
HiddenLurker posted...
So you don't see the problem with casting the main antagonist army as black?
While the protagonist are as white as rice?


Man I'm actually not invested at all in what colour the characters in this world are, real-world race problems don't exactly come into it

I'm just kinda amused at how vitriolic the reaction has ben that's all.

You may not but SJW's and liberals care alot.

It wasn't SJWs who had a hissy fit over the potential casting.


No but it was SJWs who had a hissy and cried racism because people wanted the character to resemble the character in everything else so...
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Esrac
10/10/18 12:46:29 PM
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Mm. I guess a white british actor can probably better pass as a white "polish inspired race", or whatever, than a black actor.

I don't follow the Witcher games (1 and 2 have been sitting in my steam pile for years), but if the characters in the books and games are white, then they should be white in the show. But I like characters in adaptations to look as closely as they can to the source without looking silly.
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